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The spitting image : myth, memory, and the legacy of Vietnam / Jerry Lembcke ; consulting editor: Harvey J. Kaye

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York ; London : New York University Press, [1998]ISBN:
  • 0814751466
  • 9780814751466
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Partial contents:
Introduction: the spitting image -- Yellow ribbons and spat-upon veterans: making soldiers the means and ends of war -- Dear Spiro Agnew: about soldiers, veterans and the anti-war movement -- The Nixon-Agnew counter-offensive: "good veterans" vs. "bad veterans" -- Spat-upon veterans: the evidence (or lack thereof) -- From Odysseus to Rambo: coming home stories -- From badness to madness: the mental labeling of Vietnam veterans -- Women, wetness, and warrior dreams -- Myth, spit, and the flicks: coming home to Hollywood -- We are what we remember
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General General ATU Dublin Road General Shelves 959.7043373 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available J131140

xi, 217 p. ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction: the spitting image -- Yellow ribbons and spat-upon veterans: making soldiers the means and ends of war -- Dear Spiro Agnew: about soldiers, veterans and the anti-war movement -- The Nixon-Agnew counter-offensive: "good veterans" vs. "bad veterans" -- Spat-upon veterans: the evidence (or lack thereof) -- From Odysseus to Rambo: coming home stories -- From badness to madness: the mental labeling of Vietnam veterans -- Women, wetness, and warrior dreams -- Myth, spit, and the flicks: coming home to Hollywood -- We are what we remember

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